Stories from Friday, April 1, 2022

I’m a grandmother of two New Madrid County High School cheerleaders. I didn’t see anything in the newspaper about the New Madrid High School cheerleaders competing in competition a week ago. These girls and their coach work hard to perfect their routine. They are very athletic and they practice all summer in the heat and practice all fall and cheer at all the ball games. I think they should receive recognition for what they do and how good they are, just as the ball players and all the clubs at school do. They represented their school among numerous other cheerleading squads from all over Missouri and they represented it well. If this was in the paper and I didn’t see it I apologize. I know you print only what is reported but if the school didn’t report then shame on them. The girls and their coaches won first place in one competition and second place in another. And I think that is something to be proud of. And I am a proud grandmother.

BENTON, Mo. — In addition to city questions, no-tax-increase school bond proposals, a fire tax levy and school board races are among issues to be decided Tuesday during Scott County’s municipal election. Precincts will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday...

SIKESTON — Alta Pearl Rhodes, age 87, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born on May 6, 1934, in Hugo, Oklahoma, to the late Allen and Ethel Coffman Burton. On Jan. 24, 1953, in Piggott, Arkansas, she married John Grant Rhodes who preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1977...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Voters in Mississippi County will decide a countywide local use tax along with their respective school board, city and ambulance district races when they step up to the polls on Tuesday. Precincts will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Tuesday’s municipal election...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On Tuesday, New Madrid County voters will chose their city and school leaders and in some towns decide tax propositions and whether certain officials should be appointed rather than elected. CITY OFFICES In Canalou there are three offices to be filled in the upcoming election, yet there is only one candidate listed on the ballot. ...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety has set up a new, anonymous tip line to help get more information from the public. DPS is now maintaining a tip line at (573) 475-3774 where citizens can easily submit information such as suspicious activity or possible criminal activity. The information will be anonymous...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Retired U.S. Air Force Col. John Clark, a six-year prisoner of war in North Vietnam who lives in Columbia, Missouri, will be recognized during a reception in his honor at 4 p.m. April 8 at the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Residents of New Madrid will choose a new mayor on Tuesday. Seeking the office are two men both with experience in city government, Donnie Brown, who formerly served as New Madrid’s mayor, and Nick White, a longtime member of the New Madrid City Council...

JACKSON, Mo. — Larry D. Johnson, 67, of Jackson passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Nov. 29, 1954, in New Madrid, Missouri, to Roy Alvin and Mary Brewer Johnson. Larry served in the U.S. Army. He was a welder, working several years at ARI in Jackson...